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Alyhana stiffened instantly, her cheeks going crimson in the firelight. She turned away so fast it was a miracle she didn't fall over her own blankets.
"I–I just think your ideas are reasonable," she said, voice about two octaves higher than normal. "Not all of them! I mean… a lot of them. Just—some. Just this one. Right now."
Xander blinked slowly, processing that jumble of words.
"What?" he asked, blinking again. "Did I say something weird?"
That was all it took to break Iris.
She doubled over, clutching her stomach as a laugh burst out of her, loud and unfiltered. "Oh gods, you're so clueless," she said between snorts. "Has no one ever crushed on you before, nerd?"
"What?!" Xander turned fully now, staring at her. "What does that even mean?"
"Come on, Xander," Iris said, grinning at him with way too much mischief in her eyes. "You're not that dense. She's practically glowing every time you look at her."
